Series Description

Box 1

1. Diaries of Jane Lampton Clemens, 1880-1909.

Scope and Content Note

There are 7 diaries, spanning the years 1900-1907. HM 53346 also contains 12 photographs
that were inserted in the diary's opening for 1900, Nov. 11-12. The photos are not
annotated in any way but several appear to have been taken in Europe, possibly Italy. The
diaries, for the most part, cover the last years of her life, while she lived in Dublin,
New Hampshire and a sanitarium in Katonah, New York. The diaries detail Jean Clemens
struggle with epilepsy, as well as the medical treatments for the disease, circa the turn
of the century. The diaries are filed chronologically.

Boxes 2-4, tan rope case

2. Correspondence and financial records.

Scope and Content Note

The letters and records are filed alphabetically by author or company. They include
letters from all three Clemens daughters to their father, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, and
to their mother, Olivia Langdon Clemens. There are letters from various extended family
members and friends to Olivia Langdon Clemens, as well as, financial records from various
companies.

1 postcard (1887, July 18) to Olivia Langdon Clemens, 1845-1904, N. on a postcard, Hartford, Conn. This is a receipt for payment of annual subscription
to the Women's Aid Society. Printed form filled in.

Wulkow & Cornelsen. HM 53480.

1 letter (1893, Sept. 4) to Olivia Langdon Clemens, 1845-1904, A.L.S. (1 p.); Hamburg. The letter is written in German and appears to concern the delivery
of tooth powder ordered by Olivia Langdon Clemens.

1 letter (1905, Feb.)to Ivan Alexaevitch, A.L.S. (2 p.); Paris. The letter is written in Russian and appears to be a letter of introduction and
recommendation for Ossip Gabrilowitsch as a pianist. The envelope is written in French and appears to be written in a different
hand.